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A review by rotellareads
Cry Baby by Ginger Scott
3.0
Tristan and Riley both caputured my heart within a few chapters. I felt so heartbroken for Tristan "Cry Baby" Lopez and the world he was born into. He truly had no choice but to follow in his father's footsteps and live a life of crime and ruthlessness, despite the fact that he had a good heart. This book articulated so well the struggles of poverty stricken communities and the capativity that comes with it. You don't get out. You don't make something of yourself. It's a vicious cycle that keeps repeating. So many young characters in the book lost parents to the life and had no way out.
I adored how Tristan continuously pushed Riley to follow her dreams and not let her circumstances define her future. She was a talented basketball player and just needed opportunity. He did all that he could to make that happen for her. He tried so hard to shield her from the gang life that ran their town. He put her first so many times, even knowing the consequences that would come down on him.
Cry Baby had so much emotion and pain written within it's pages. When you got small glimpses of happiness or joy, it felt so much more rewarding because they were few and far between. Scott clearly put a lot of thought and empathy into writing this story.
This read had me in a choke hold until the very end, when it basically blew up in my face. WTF was that ending!?!?! We didn't get a HEA and I can't even call what took place a HFN either! How could the author pull us into this horrific situation and leave it hanging that way? I knocked a star or two off just because of how pissed off I was at the end.
I adored how Tristan continuously pushed Riley to follow her dreams and not let her circumstances define her future. She was a talented basketball player and just needed opportunity. He did all that he could to make that happen for her. He tried so hard to shield her from the gang life that ran their town. He put her first so many times, even knowing the consequences that would come down on him.
Cry Baby had so much emotion and pain written within it's pages. When you got small glimpses of happiness or joy, it felt so much more rewarding because they were few and far between. Scott clearly put a lot of thought and empathy into writing this story.
This read had me in a choke hold until the very end, when it basically blew up in my face. WTF was that ending!?!?! We didn't get a HEA and I can't even call what took place a HFN either! How could the author pull us into this horrific situation and leave it hanging that way? I knocked a star or two off just because of how pissed off I was at the end.